AI with Sally Ward-Foxton

After years of hype, RISC-V is hitting a moment of truth. In 2025 we’ve moved from experimentation to execution – we’ve seen big players make some bold acquisitions, while startups on the scene have been facing commercial realities.The question is really shifting from “What is RISC-V?” to “Who can actually make it work?” In this episode, we explore what’s driving that transition to execution, and what it means for AI applications.

In this episode, Sally sits down with analyst Jim McGregor at Nvidia’s GTC to talk about some of the biggest announcements from the show, including Groq, SpectrumX, NemoClaw, and more.

In this episode, Sally finds out more about Efficient Computer’s reconfigurable spatial dataflow fabric, and how the company is applying it in a very low power edge chip. Brandon Lucia, CEO of Efficient, said the Electron E1 can reconfigure itself for CPU, DSP, or AI workloads, and be performant for all.

Today's interview is brought to you by our partner, SiFive. We’re excited to have John Simpson, Senior Principal Architect at SiFive, as our guest. John is involved with the intelligence product line, which centers around RISC-V processor designs aimed at handling AI workloads for applications that span from edge devices to data centers.

In this session, we’ll explore how Infineon’s PSOC Edge is revolutionizing natural language processing (NLP) directly within ultra-low power embedded systems. With cutting-edge advancements in on-device AI acceleration, optimized memory hierarchies, and secure compute domains, PSOC Edge is enabling voice and language understanding at endpoints that previously relied on cloud inference. This breakthrough technology is driving real-time NLP with minimal latency and power consumption, all while ensuring data privacy at the edge.Joining us today is Omar Cruz from Infineon Technologies, who will unpack the technical innovations and system-side strategies behind this new generation of edge intelligence devices. Together, we’ll dive into how hardware-software co-design is enabling smarter, faster, and more secure speech interfaces for edge devices.

Smart homes and smart, connected devices have been a topic of discussion for over a decade. In this podcast, we will discuss five key disruptive trends that are coming your way in the next 2-4 years that will allow you to interact more intelligently with your smart home while enabling new use cases in home appliances and secured devices.

In this podcast, MIPS CEO Sameer Wasson tells Sally Ward-Foxton that while the IP company is moving towards compute subsystems and custom ASIC tools, it will not become a silicon company.

Today, we’re diving into the critical role of network-on-chip (NoC) design in modern system-on-chip (SoC) architectures. Designing efficient interconnects has become a major challenge as SoCs grow more complex, especially with the increasing integration of AI workloads. NoCs now account for a significant portion of silicon area, making it essential to get them right. Michal Siwinski, Chief Marketing Officer at Arteris, will join us in discussing how their FlexNoC tool is revolutionizing NoC design through automation. We’ll explore why this is crucial for today’s chips, how it addresses the growing demands of AI, and what the future holds for NoC technology.

Welcome to another episode of AI with Sally, an EE Times podcast that brings you inside my conversations with luminaries in the AI chip industry. Today’s episode is brought to you by our sponsor, Anaflash. Silicon Valley startup Anaflash announced that it acquired another startup, Legato Logic, a few weeks ago. Anaflash uses nonvolatile memory for its computer memory based AI microcontroller chip and its IP offerings

Welcome to a brand new season of AI with Sally, an EE Times podcast that brings you inside my conversations with luminaries of the AI chip industry. Today’s episode is brought to you by our sponsor, Synaptics. Synaptics has recently partnered with Google to add an open-source AI accelerator core that Google developed to Synaptics' next generation of its Astra line of IoT chips.

In this podcast, Sally talks to Lemurian Labs CEO Jay Dawani about closing the gap between supply and demand for AI compute using hardware, software and model efficiencies.

In this podcast, Sally chats with Untether’s Bob Beachler about the company’s automotive roadmap, the demand for AI in automotive, AI workloads in the car and the dawn of automotive chiplets.